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Friday, December 4, 2009

Portrait

DANCER

oil

12" x 9"

It's impossible for children to stand still long enough to paint them. Took a series of photos of Rachael and worked from them. Sometimes I work from a grid to lay out the drawing, but with this one, I put the image on the computer screen and pretended she was posing. Like the simplicity of the ballet stance, long neck, shoulders back, determined expression.

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